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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAGJ_chimborazo-hospital_Richmond-VA.html
In this park Dr. James B. McCaw developed for the Confederate States of America a military hospital which was then the largest in human history. It received 17,000 wounded, served more than 76,000 patients, and had a mortality of less than 10%. Dr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAGI_battle-of-bloody-run_Richmond-VA.html
Nearby is the site where Chief Totopotomoy of the Pamunkey died in 1656. The English colonists had become concerned over the recent settlement nearby of the Rickohockans along the falls of the James River. They called upon Totopotomoy to assist in…
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In May 1862, Gen. George McClellan's Union army was poised on the outskirts of Richmond threatening the Confederate capital. Here, in the Dabbs House, Robert E. Lee, as new commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, opened his headquarters on Jun…
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In the residence at the end of this lane, General R.E. Lee had headquarters from June 1 to June 26, 1862. Hither for conference came "Stonewall" Jackson, Longstreet, Stuart, A.P. Hill, D.H. Hill and other of his lieutenants. Here the plan for the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMADH_adams-van-lew-house_Richmond-VA.html
Richmond mayor Dr. John Adams built a mansion here in 1802. It became the residence of Elizabeth Van Lew (1818-1900) whose father obtained it in 1836. During the Civil War, Elizabeth Van Lew led a Union espionage operation. African Americans, such…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMADG_origins-of-richmond_Richmond-VA.html
There was "no place so strong, so pleasant, and delightful in Virginia, for which we called it None-such." So wrote Captain John Smith about the site he chose in 1609 when he established the first English settlement near the falls of the James Riv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA2X_the-navy-yard-of-the-confederate-states_Richmond-VA.html
On the river shore just below here the Navy Yard of the Confederate States was located and the ships Fredericksburg and Virginia II were launchedThis site is dedicated to that spot by the City of Richmond, 1916
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA2W_chimborazo-hospital_Richmond-VA.html
On this hill stoodChimborazo Hospital1862-1865Established bySurgeon General S.P. Moore, C.S.A.Directed by Dr. James B. McCaw.
At that time, it was thelargest military hospital in the world. Itconsisted of 150 buildings and 100 tentsand cared fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA1K_hanover-county-henrico-county_Richmond-VA.html
Hanover CountyArea 512 Square MilesFormed in 1720 from New Kent, and named for the Electorate of Hanover. Patrick Henry and Henry Clay were born in this county. In it were fought the battles of Gaines's Mill, 1862, and Cold Harbor, 1864.Henrico Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA0U_oakwood-cemetery-confederate-section_Richmond-VA.html
After the First Battle of Manassas, Richmond appropriated this approximately 7.5 - acre lot on 12 Aug. 1861 for burial of Confederate war dead. These Soldiers from every Southern state either died in Richmond's military hospitals, such as Chimbora…